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The Charter Commission <br />• A permanent body <br />• Usually appointed by a district court <br />• Must meet at least once per year <br />• Failure to meet does not end existence <br />• Have between 7 and 15 members <br />Appointment of Charter <br />Commission Members <br />• Chief Judge usually appoints <br />❑Listens to information <br />oConsiders suggestions from charter <br />commission or council, or citizen petitioners <br />• Appointees have 30 days <br />to file acceptance and <br />oaths with court clerk <br />Changing A Charter Through <br />Amendment <br />• 5 ways to propose <br />modifications to a <br />Charter <br />• Generally <br />modifications <br />submitted to voters <br />• Amendment needs <br />51 % favorable vote <br />Charter Commission Members <br />• Must be qualified voters of the city <br />• May hold offices, such as councilmember; <br />but not judicial <br />• Limit on successive terms? <br />o"Upon the expiration of each term, the chief <br />judge shall appoint new commission <br />members." Minn. Stat. § 410.05, subd 2 <br />Charter Commission Functions <br />• Study the local charter and government <br />• Draft a proposed charter <br />• Convene either at their direction, or <br />direction of council or <br />voters to <br />o Consider proposed <br />charter amendments, <br />or <br />o Propose charter <br />amendments <br />Abandoning a Charter <br />• Abandonment process is <br />identical to Amendment <br />process <br />• 51 % of voters must <br />approve abandonment <br />• Proposal for <br />abandonment must state <br />statutory govt form that <br />will replace Charter <br />5 <br />